Really liked what I saw in this formation yesterday. We scored 3 goals in 20 minutes or so. This system gives the team the mentality that they're there to attack and defend from the front. We have the personnel to play this formation.
Pedro Morata/bats hazard willian.
Baka-----Kante
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posted on 22/10/17
Yeah he kinda of lurched forward in complete and utter exhaustion and the ball luckily hit his head and fell towards Bats
posted on 22/10/17
Not to mention Fabregas doing little....again
posted on 22/10/17
comment by Sheriff JW Pepper (U1007)
posted 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
Not to mention Fabregas doing little....againl
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I really don't understand this dislike for Fabregas. He was the only player that could pick out a pass. Why focus on the negatives, when the positives outweigh the negatives? Bunch of weird and sad people on this board I must admit!
posted on 23/10/17
Agee bloody, but fab was poor yesterday. Him and Baka were missing. Every Watford attack was the same. Won the ball in the middle as our players weee nowhere near. Spread it out wide and got a cross in.
As for the OP I thought we were just as bad the last 20 minutes, we hardly had them under the cosh. Got lucky with a few good crosses
posted on 23/10/17
I don't have a dislike for Fabregas...he's capable of some stunning football....
trouble is he aint delivering....not justifying his starting place
sorry
posted on 23/10/17
our best player two games ago sheriff...
But yeah he is not the solution to our troubles. Some people are scapegoating him atm though.
posted on 23/10/17
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 2 minutes ago
our best player two games ago sheriff...
But yeah he is not the solution to our troubles. Some people are scapegoating him atm though.
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in the Palace game....lot of use that was....nobody turned up that day
posted on 23/10/17
would have been use if pedro was not incorrectly flagged offside, musonda scored, or his shot was an inch lower. Small margins
posted on 23/10/17
We have the personnel to play this formation.
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I'm not sure about that. The CM's need a perfect balance to maintain it. Kante & Bakayoko are good enough, both tried and tested in two man midfields, but neither has the creativity on the ball to make it work as a combination with zero support - which the 4-2-4 offers to the CM's.
If we had a Verratti or Fabinho type player it probably would work very effectively in certain situations, it's a formation Conte knows very well and everywhere else we've got the personnel. Unfortunately at the moment it's pivotal load baring point is where we'd be weakest playing it.
posted on 23/10/17
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 5 hours, 12 minutes ago
would have been use if pedro was not incorrectly flagged offside, musonda scored, or his shot was an inch lower. Small margins
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Yeah...but overall we got fackin owned...didn't we